Loan collections on securitized portfolios set to recover after Covid 2nd wave setbacks: Ind-Ra

13 Jul 2021 Evaluate

India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) in its latest report has said that loan collections on securitized portfolios, which had taken a hit because of the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, are set to recover. It also said the collection efficiency on those loans had dropped to 69.2 per cent in May from 82.8 per cent in March.

According to the report, improving economic sentiments, along with fiscal and credit stimuli are expected to support loan performance in the medium term. It also said as businesses and consumer confidence continue to revitalise and stabilise, credit-fuelled consumption demand is expected to recover closer to 2HFY22. It noted that securitisation refers to an activity where a financier transfers future receivables on a loan or a bunch of loans to others which helps with immediate liquidity requirements.

The report further said with the coming of the second wave in April 2021 and renewed restrictions on mobility, collections in May 2021 were impacted among non-bank lenders. Asset classes such as microfinance, vehicle loans and tractor loans, where cash collections are significant for current and overdue collections, were largely impacted. With the wave of infections abating as rapidly as it had set in, the economic activity started to pick up in June 2021. The plateauing of infections in June 2021 and the consequent business confidence is expected to keep a check on the fall in collections to some extent in June 2021, across asset classes.

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